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Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services

    John G. Williams advises attorneys in cases involving telecommunications network engineering and business practice matters. His background includes a Doctorate in Computer Science and positions at Bell Laboratories and the Federal Communications Commission. He has furnished assistance at various stages of actions, including: framing the problem from a technological perspective, formulating strategies, drafting interrogatories and testimony, writing expert reports and serving as an expert witness.  Further biographic and contact information are available on the Staff section of this site, which is also accessible from here: Williams

In various cases involving construction firms that accidentally severed fiber-optic cables, analyses were provided to rebut the loss-of-use damages claims of the affected carriers.

In litigation brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 concerning a fax broadcasting incident, a report was written on the difficulty that the plaintiff was likely to encounter in attempting to notify the putative class.

For an association of competitive pay telephone providers, a report was prepared that examined the network signaling and operational arrangements necessary to receive proper compensation for toll calls placed from public pay stations. This report was used as a foundation in a series of successful litigations.

In several unrelated litigations between former joint venture partners intending to offer telecommunications services, analyses were provided of the technologies to be supplied by one of the parties. These analyses refuted claims of minimum damages resulting from the terminations of the ventures. One such venture involved plans to construct and operate a national telecommunications network in an Eastern European country, another venture involved telecommunications services designed for the hospitality industry.

Before the Public Service Commission of Georgia, expert testimony was given on the plans of a statewide municipal electric authority to provide telecommunications services.

For a litigation between former joint venture partners who planned to acquire cable television systems in Western Europe, an analysis was performed of one partner's lack of diligence in responding to regulator's concerns about the technology to be used and the services to be offered.

For a leading manufacturer of PBX equipment, analytic support and expert testimony were provided in connection with a public utility commission inquiry into the Centrex pricing practices of a Bell operating company.

For the Alabama Department of Revenue, expert testimony was given on various historical and definitional issues that may affect the tax status of telecommunications service providers in the state.

Before the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals, expert testimony on matters of telecommunications network design was presented in several bid protest actions.